tuque /tūk/ n Canadian English, var. toque [19th c. Canadian French, from the French toque, from the Basque tauka] 1 A close-fitting knitted cap, often with a long tapering end or tassel or pompom. 2 fig Something quintessentially Canadian.
souq /sūk/ n from the Arabic سوق var. souk 1 An open-air marketplace. 2 fig A central meeting place for the circulation of news and ideas.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Publications by Richard A. Johnson

Feature Magazine Articles
The Hamas Dilemma
THE WALRUS MAGAZINE | May 2007
“We have always believed that for people to become convinced to join Hamas, the PLO should fail by virtue of its own policies,” said foreign minister Mahmoud al-Zahhar. “Hamas is not in a hurry. We know that the PLO’s practice will inevitably lead to its downfall. There is no need to bring this about through confrontation.”
A Dramatic Revival
THIS MAGAZINE | September-October 2007
"The child under military occupation is affected psychologically, emotionally and academically," Mer-Khamis says. "The socialization of the child is the most basic thing in its life; if you see children only as individuals, in fact you can be indirectly deepening their problems.


The Globe and Mail
Good Policy, or Just Good Strategy?
THE GLOBE AND MAIL | 03 October 2008
While it remains to be seen just how much life the announcement can breathe into the Liberals' flagging campaign, it's received praise as a deft strategic move. But for those less concerned with political tactics than keeping their jobs and their homes, there's been scant analysis of what - if anything - the plan would actually do for the economy if Mr. Dion had a chance to implement it.
The Search for Signs of a Conservative Platform
THE GLOBE AND MAIL | 28 September 2008
Election observers continue to debate the necessity, from Tories’ point of view, of releasing a formal platform - especially when the Conservatives’ poll numbers continue to inch upward toward the threshold of majority government, results based in no small way on a carefully crafted, deliberately muted image of responsible stewardship.


Other Magazine Writing
Off the Bottle
THIS MAGAZINE | July-August 2007
If you're the type to slap stickers on your water bottle, Rocky Mountain Animal Defense has a new one for you: "This is my last Nalgene bottle."
Review: The Syrian Bride
E-CMES MAGAZINE | September 2005
The story slowly swells along a path of family dysfunction and repair, climaxing at the comical exchange of bureaucratic nitpicking that awaits Mona when she and her family reach the Israeli-Syrian border.
Lunch Rock before Breakfast
HARVARD MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL | Fall 2004
Reflections on a blind climb - free-soloing at Enchanted Rock, Texas.
A Village Demands to be Heard
PALESTINE MEDIA CENTER | June 2002
Reporting from the West Bank Palestinian village of Deir Ibsi'a, under closure and curfew for more than two months.
Christmas Under Occupation
TRINITY UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE | Spring 2001
Reporting from Bethlehem and Ramallah, West Bank, during the "three-plus" Christmases of 2000 during the Intifada.


Ryerson Free Press
Rachel Corrie Toronto stage review
FREE PRESS | July 2008
It is the heart of Rachel Corrie that is often obfuscated by its setting; had the girl gone anywhere else in the world, her posthumous audiences back home might actually have experienced a new world from her frenzied and disjointed writing.
Belfast's Peace Lines still loom large
FREE PRESS | May 2008
In Catholic areas these murals pay homage to the dead and disappeared IRA volunteers, depicting political prisoners and tragic events of the Troubles. Prominent are flags and graffiti exhibiting solidarity with Palestinians and Kurds, Chechens and Zapatistas, and aboriginals the world over; not groups who are what you would call 'white.'
Palestinians lost in the shuffle
FREE PRESS | April 2008
To Israelis, Palestine was Israel, just as to other Arab states, Palestine was not Israel. No one seriously argued that Palestine was Palestinian.
Norman Finkelstein...
FREE PRESS | December 2007
"Supporting Israel is for American Jews something to hide," Finkelstein says, "like a meshuga aunt confined to the attic because of what the neighbours will think."
In Caledonia...
FREE PRESS | July 2007
"The Assembly of First Nations," bristles Dawn Smith, "is an arm of the White Government. Our confederacy has been protesting every day the fact that the Canadian government thought they had the divine right to take our land."


Photo Essays
Tunisia: An 'Other' Perspective
E-CMES MAGAZINE | September 2005
Dreaming Roland Barthes' lucid dreams while shooting black-and-white in North Africa.
Reflections on the Past, Visions of the Future
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS | 2004
A portrait photography project for the 50th anniversary commemorative book of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.
West Bank Café
TOKION MAGAZINE | Issue 29, 2002
Photographing coffee-shop culture in Ramallah, West Bank.


Some Other Work
Contributing Writer
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR FICTION
New York: Facts on File, 2008
Contributing Writer
DESIGN LINES TORONTO
Fall 2007; Fall 2008; Fall 2009
Lead Writer, Managing Editor
NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS
Awards gala programs, 2007-2009; 2011

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